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Category Archives: Israel
The myth of “the deal of the century”
Here is an English version of my latest Arabic piece in Al-Hurra on how imaginative plots have been weaponised and used to demonise certain Arab countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. Photo from latest protests in Jordan- via … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, UAE
Tagged Deal of the Century, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Islamists and Zionism
Here is an English version of my latest piece for Al-Hurra Arthur James Balfour One hundred years ago this month, on November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary, Arthur James Balfour, sent a letter to the Jewish community leader, Lord Rothschild, … Continue reading
Jerusalem and the death of hope
Photo via Reuters Tension has erupted again in Jerusalem. Six people have lost their lives; three Palestinians in street clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem, and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement last … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
Tagged Al-Aqsa mosque, Egypt, Jerusalem, Jordan, Knife Intifada, Temple Mount
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Egyptian Aak 2016-Week 47 ( Nov21-27)
Top Headlines An Egyptian court revokes the death sentence of Egypt’s ex-president Morsi Egypt’s Sisi expresses support for Syrian military Egypt denies sending military troops to Syria The US State Department removed Egypt from its travel warning list Egypt and … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Israel, Syria
Tagged #Syria, Ahmed Naji, Egypt, Fatma Naoot, Israel, Morsi, Sinai, Sisi, Terrorism
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Shimon Peres’s Funeral and the Arab World
Shimon Peres, one of the founders of Israel, has passed away. Many international dignitaries attended his funeral, although many Arab leaders from countries that officially signed peace treaties with Israel were absent. Furthermore, those who attended the funeral, such as … Continue reading
Posted in Best Read, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Egypt, Israel, mahmoud abbas, Palestine, Shimon Peres
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Egyptian Aak 2016 -Week 27 -2016 (July 4-10)
Egyptian foreign minister visits Israel Top Headlines Egyptian foreign minister to talk Middle East peace in rare visit to Israel Egypt to receive alleged Egypt Air MS804 wreckage washed ashore in Israel Traders are betting Egypt will weaken the pound … Continue reading
Israel and al-Nusra
A tank on the Israeli side of the border in the Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS Until last week, against the backdrop of the ongoing civil war in Syria, the Israeli-annexed part of the Golan Heights had been … Continue reading
Lessons for Sinai from Yemen
(Egyptian air force chief adel Hafez with air force pilots in Yemen. 1964. wikimedia photo) I wrote this piece for The Atlantic Council’s Egypt Source, hope you like it Following the recent major attacks by militants that killed at least twenty-seven … Continue reading
Posted in Best Read, Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Sinai, Yemen
Tagged Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, Counter-terrorism, ISIS, Sinai, Sisi, Terrorism, Yemen
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The myth of Sisi’s Sinai proposal
(Photo via Cairo Post) Initially published in Al-Monitor A few days ago, a claim surfaced that Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi offered to give part of the Sinai Peninsula to the Palestinians to expand the Gaza Strip and create a … Continue reading →